New York Life Ins. v. Board of Com'rs
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio. This suit was brought to recover an amount equal to the sum of the amounts specified in certain negotiable bonds issued by the county of Cuyahoga, Ohio, for the purpose of purchasing a site and building an armory thereon in the city of Cleveland. The case was disposed of in the circuit court upon a demurrer to the petition.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio. This suit was brought to recover an amount equal to the sum of the amounts specified in certain negotiable bonds issued by the county of Cuyahoga, Ohio, for the purpose of purchasing a site and building an armory thereon in the city of Cleveland. The case was disposed of in the circuit court upon a demurrer to the petition. The facts, as alleged in the petition and admitted by the demurrer, are these: On the 27th of April, 1893, the legislature of Ohio passed an act entitled “An act to authorize the…
1Opinion of the CourtSeverens, Circuit Judge
The grounds upon which the learned judge sustained the demurrer to the plaintiff’s petition, as indicated by his opinion sent up with the transcript, were two: Eirst, that the act of April 21, 1898, was in conflict with the provision contained in section 28 of article 2 of the constitution of the state, which prohibits the enactment of retroactive laws; and, second, that it was in conflict with section 2 of-article 12 thereof, which provides that taxes which are to be devoted to general purposes shall be levied upon all the taxable property within the state. And these are the principal…
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